Hi TIG,

It also show’s the Z value rounded up to the nearest "whole" (not sure if this is the right expression in English) figure i.e. 1.23 becomes 1.0 and 0,635 also becomes 1.0 and shown as that in the Ruby Console as well as the Excel sheet.
It is, as you pointed out, probably due to the fact that the model is Geo Located and therefore rather far away from the 0,0,0. As you can see from the points I'm drawing in 1:1 at the right location as this makes it much easier to swap data with our surveyor's.
Is there an easy workaround this issue...?

Best regards
Jesper

Hi again TIG,

Sorry for being late in responding, but I'm situated in west Africa at the moment and went home from work. I have tried the same file at home and the result I get is the same regardless of the settings in "Units" under "Model Info". her is the data as shown in the Excel sheet (Excel 2010 here and at work Excel 2000) same result both places:

310522.0,678294.0,1.0

and here is a screen dump of the model where the point is shown with the data and here it can be seen as ~1.17 as opposed to the 1.0 in the excel file...

What am I doing wrong....?

Best regards
Jesper

Hi again TIG,

Just discovered a small issue, the Z coordinate comes out with only one decimal i.e. -2.0 whereas in the drawing when using the "Query Tool" I can see there are 3 decimals, is it possible to increase to 2 decimals for Z (x.xx).
There are no changes even if I try to change the Units under the "Model Info" to "Precision" of 0,00 or 0,000 before exporting?
I really need to show 2 decimals like 2.35 t.ex.

Best regards
Jesper

THANK'S TIG....

You are truly amazing with the Ruby scripts. This saved me a bunch of time doing tedious work of creating long lists of data.

Best regards
Jesper

THANK'S TIG....

You are truly amazing with the Ruby scripts. This saved me a bunch of time doing tedious work of creating long lists of data.

Best regards
Jesper

Hello,

After searching through the net and this forum I fail to find any topic on exporting the x,y,z data of the guide points from a Sketchup drawing. There are many topics on importing and using guide points and point clouds, but have not found anything on the other way round.
If I have a file with a lot of guide points made by placing guide points after single point survey and now wants to get all the data on all the points out into a csv file, how would I do that easily?
I know I can use the "Tools" - "Utility" - "Query Tool" and place the cursor over the points and then get the data, but when you have several hundred points in a drawing then it get rather boring and time-consuming to extract all data with this approach.

Best regards
Jesper

Hi again,

Come to think about it, it might be much easier to make the quantity take out by taking the volume of the first and last 1 m slice and enter the numbers in Excel and let it figure out the even distibution in between. Think that is an easier approach.

I'm working hard to use 3D visualization in my profession as Production Manager on construction projects, the model here is part of a new groyne, and being able to use Sketchup to produce and present the 3D visualization of the project and the steps in between is really a benefit for all parties involved.
The quantification would also look good if being able to present it visually in 3D, slice by slice, but it is probably overkill as an Excel sheet will just as well show the factual quantities and for the time being be most trustworthy for the parties involved as it is a sort of a defacto standard.

Best regards
Jesper

Hi all and welcome to a new day... (here in West Africa that is... )

sdmitch,
I don't really know what is the problem with my setup, but when I try your method and run the Volume Plug-in on a slice where I take out only front face (with edges) and the edges protruding towards the back face that I have deleted after selecting both and then group them, I don't get a proper "group solid" that I can get the volume from. I run Sketchup 8 Pro on XP SP3 and tried to use your version of the volume plug-in, which I believe is same as TIG's volume plug-in... or ? But don't get it to work, so far only way for me is to re-draw every 1 meter cross section and make it into a "group solid" in order to get it to work.

kyyu,
I have tried to work with your file for a long time, but fails to get any "group solid" and volume out of it...? Must be my setup that is something wrong with.

Jeff Hammond,

WoW Jeff, I'm impressed. You did a very fine job at that, as you can see from my text above I'm in the situation that my old XP does not really have the capabilities of your Mac system. One friend of mine recently let me play around with his iPad for some days, and yes, it rocks. If only Steve was not as proprietary as he is then it would probably convince me to move to the Mac platform... I really wish I could do what you did on your Mac, that is just what I need, and probably a lot of other folks in the construction industry. Take a road for example; it would be a breeze to take out quantities with your setup.

So far it looks like there is only the hard way for me, but THANK YOU all for your time and effort to try to solve this for me, I really appreciate it. And please excuse my English, it’s my second language as I’m Danish.

Hi all,

Yes, I believe that the Entity box gives rather accurate result, nlu issue is that you have to have a clean model with nice full faces and edges connected properly, otherwise it will not give you the volume, the model has to "waterproof". Using the Solid Inspector is of little use as it highlights most of the slice, it's easier to re-draw the whole cross-section and check the volume...

Brgds
Jesper

Hi Mac1,

Yes, I get also the 62 and 60 m³ in the cleaned up slices when grouped and I belive this to be correct. I had to look up "auto fold" but got some weird video on how to use the Alt (Command) key for making fold lines...?

Best regards
Jesper

Hi Mac1,

You lost me there. When I use the Volume plugin v 2.1 as you refer to, but when I right click and ask for volume then I only get different color on the slice but no volumes indicated anywhere but in the Entity box...?
I attached my sorry attampt to get the volumes...

Brgds
Jesper

Quantities_2.skp

Hi Mac1,

I need the 1 m slices parallel to the end face of the model.

Hi TIG,

When I use your Volume Plugin, it can only give me the volume after I have cleaned the slice up and then when I group it I get the volume in the Entity info box anyway...

Best regards
Jesper

Hi again TIG,

I'm having some troubles using either method. When I use the Slicer, then it somehow makes a flat horizontal plane on top of the slice, meaning that there is quite a lot of work in cleaning it up. Further I have to select each slice, make a group, move the slice and un-group, then clean up to ensure that all faces are ok, re-group to make a "group solid" to see the volume.
When using the "Sword" (read Zorro2), first I have to make a guideline every 1 m to ensure correct spacing, select, group, move and again clean up and ensure faces all over as there is always missing a face, before I can re-group as a "group solid" and get the volume.
It's a lot of tedious work, but that might just be it, not much is for free in this world... I have 4 section with 4 individual layers in total 300 meter = 1200 pieces to tidy up and record the volume before I have the volume per meter per layer... gonna be some looong days ahead...

Most probably I am just doing something wrong. I have watched quite a few lessons on YouTube, but have undoubtedly missed something important....

Best regards
Jesper

Hi TIG,

Thank's I will try both options (on a copy ) and see which on works best.

Best regards
Jesper

Hello all,

I'm working on taking out quantities for a schedule that needs to be rather detailed as it involves a delivery schedule of rock masses.
On the attached model, I need the volumes per each meter of the model (lenght 110 m) and rather than to sit and manually slice up the model in 3 x 110 pieces (3 different layers of material), would there be any way of getting such volumes out automatically? I don't have the luxury of just dividing the models volume with 110 to get the average volume per meter, I need the volume per each section seperate....
I have looked but does not find any smart plugin to do just that, but maybe I have overlooked something or someone have a smart solution...? If there was a sort of slicing tool that could slice up the model in the needed slices, then that would really help.

Brgds
Jesper

Quantities_1.skp

Hi Dave,

Sorry, I was away for a while. I followed your instructions and all goes very smooth, both ends now done, only a lot of different elbows and then it's time for some Y pieces....

Thank you for your time,

Best regards
Jesper

Hi Dave,

Looks good what you have done. I have tried to get the model detailed with the inside shown also, but you are probably right in this case as there is no immediate need to show the inside.
In case I need for future use, how would I get about doing the lbow part with an inner wall, when I try to make an outline and follow-me then it makes strange result like sometimes the curves extend beyound the anticipated end of the pipe?

Best regards
Jesper

• seems like attachment is too big...?

please find it here: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=234cdfb6a2cee7315ab280e3ca9e8914&prevstart=0

Hi all,

I would like to make a library of PVC pipes as used in my country (Denmark) as the producers are very keen on not giving out their models.
I have struggled with the follow me tool for a long time and the rsult is not very good, I would very much like to get som advice on how you would go about making such a model in a few steps. Spigot and "muff" (not sure this is correct) should be seperate groups or components so they can be reused for the many other type of pipes and fittings.
i have attached a 2D dxf as i use for the production of the sorry attempt also attached...

Best regards
Jesper

110 mm elbow 88.9 degree PVC (2D).skp

Thanks guys,

That was a very usefull hint to use the "Solid Inspector Plugin" that will be part of my toolbox from now on...
Yes, I had exploded it before uploading.
Thank you for the explanation TIG, nice when someone takes the time to explain things in detail, then there is abetter chance that it will stick to the memory sticks in my old brain.

Best regards
Jesper